How Clinkz and Storm Spirit perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41e, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41e, Clinkz and Storm Spirit win 48.09% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 3,273 matches.
Getting caught out by either of these heroes alone is often fatal, so having both on the map creates constant pressure. The issue is that they fill a very similar role. Storm Spirit and Clinkz are both mobile, single-target assassins who need kills to snowball. They don't enable each other well because neither provides reliable lockdown to set up the other's damage. Storm's Electric Vortex is a short-duration pull, which isn't always enough time for Clinkz to unload, and it brings the target right on top of Storm himself.
This leaves them competing for the same pickoffs in the mid-game rather than consistently coordinating for them. A kill for Storm is a kill that Clinkz didn't get, and vice versa. When it comes time to teamfight, the draft can feel a bit directionless, lacking a hard initiator or area control. Both heroes are forced to play on the fringes, looking for supports to execute, which is what they'd be doing on their own anyway. They don't actively get in each other's way, but they don't offer much to one another either.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 40.15% | 269 |
| Crusader & Archon | 42.04% | 421 |
| Legend & Ancient | 42.16% | 306 |
| Divine & Immortal | 51.59% | 157 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41e | 48.09% | ▲ +1.7pp | 3,273 |
| 7.41d | 46.42% | ▼ -1.5pp | 38,380 |
| 7.41c | 47.90% | ▲ +0.7pp | 19,575 |
| 7.41b | 47.19% | — | 19,069 |
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Data updated Aug 17, 2026.